Ultimate form freedom in thin film solar cells by postmanufacture laser-based processing

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gilot, Jan ^a   Emelin, Baptiste ^a   Galagan, Yulia ^a   Mandamparambil, Rajesh ^a   Andriessen, Ronn ^a  

^a HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

laser applications; organic materials; solar energy

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRODES; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILMS;

BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS; LASER INDUCED FORWARD TRANSFER; OPTIMAL ANNEALING; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; THIN FILM MODULES; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ORGANIC LASERS;

EID: 84922194871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JPE.5.057210     Document Type: Article

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